What can art do in the face of war? What can art do in the face of exile? It can bear witness, again and again. The artists invited over these three days are much more than witnesses: they defy distance… Let’s lend an ear to their voices amid all the hubbub!

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TUE, OCT 9 at 7:30PM

SO MANY THINGS

Éric Arnal Burtschy

Performance: 1.5 hrs

Éric Arnal Burtschy, a reserve officer on a mission to the Sahel, discovered the diary of a jihadist telling his own story, his call to arms, the propaganda fed to the local populations… Starting with that narrative, the artist wonders what makes any of us enlist and why we fight…

At the MAGASIN des Horizons. Free admission

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WED, OCT 10 at 7PM

Also Known as Jihadi

Eric Baudelaire, Film, 1hr 15min

Also Known as Jihadi is the story of a man told through the places where he has been as well as through document extracts: police interrogations, wiretaps, surveillance… A slow thriller where we accept that we will feel disturbed in the face of the incomprehensible.

At the MAGASIN des Horizons. Free admission

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WED, OCT 10 at 8:15PM

Discussion between Éric Arnal Burtschy and Éric Baudelaire

In the face of the staggering news of acts committed by jihadists, two artists make diverging and contradictory observations about a phenomenon that strikes at the heart of European, as well as African, ways of life. What pushes jihadists to commit unreasonable acts?

The daily life of migrants (from Syria, Kurdistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan…) stuck in the Idomeni refugee camp in Greece, at the outer reaches of Europe. They are waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border and stand daily in interminable lines in order to resolve every minute problem.

We, the Depositions Office, invite you to an overhaul of migration justice and policies in the format of a novelistic science-fiction screening, with the participation of the co-authors of Haraka, Bâtir aussi! Ateliers de l’antémonde (published by Cambourakis, May 2018)